Patients wait in parked ambulance
June 14th, 2009 | Published in UK News
Injured patients are waiting in parked ambulances for longer than an hour outside a North Somerset hospital as doctors struggles to cope with demand.
Weston General Hospital has revealed 14 incoming emergency patients in March were left to wait more than two hours, and on one occasion waiting more than three hours.
Hospital bosses have defended the figures, claiming they are dealing with an increasing number of arriving ambulances, but admit urgent work needs to be done to solve the problem.
Read full article: The Weston Mercury
